LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. GAME 1: LEHIGH AT PENN STATE 12 at Penn State 7:30 p.m. 15 WAGNER 7:00 p.m. 19 at Monmouth 7:00 p.m. LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (0-0, 0-0 PL) AT PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS (0-0, 0-0 BIG TEN) 22 CORNELL 7:00 p.m. 26 at Kent State 7:30 p.m. BRYCE JORDAN CENTER (15,261) • UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. 28 BRYANT 7:00 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 • 7:30 PM Dec. 1 at Stony Brook 7:00 p.m. 4 FORDHAM 7:30 p.m. SETTING THE SCENE 7 at Qunnipiac 7:00 p.m. The Lehigh men’s basketball team opens the 2010-11 season on Friday when it visits intrastate 10 at Marist 7:30 p.m. rival Penn State for the first time since 2007. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan 13 SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.) 7:00 p.m. 23 at Southern California 5:00 p.m. Center. The defending Patriot League Championship Mountain Hawks are coming off a 29 SAINT PETERS 2:30 p.m. memorable campaign which featured a school-record 22 wins, their second Patriot League 31 at Yale 2:00 p.m. Title in program history and fourth NCAA Tournament appearance. Jan. 4 at NJIT 7:00 p.m. 8 at American* 2:00 p.m. Despite losing seniors Marquis Hall, Zahir Carrington, Dave Buchberger and Matt Shamis 12 NAVY* 7:00 p.m. to graduation, the Mountain Hawks do return 10 letterwinners - including reigning Patriot 15 ARMY* 7:00 p.m. League Rookie and Player of the Year C.J. McCollum - while also welcoming three freshmen. 19 at Colgate* 7:00 p.m. 22 at Lafayette* 1:00 p.m. McCollum broke the Patriot League rookie scoring record last season while becoming the 26 BUCKNELL* 7:00 p.m. nation’s leading scorer among freshmen. Speaking of freshmen, Friday will also feature the 29 HOLY CROSS* 1:00 p.m. first collegiate game experience for freshmen Anthony D’Orazio (Camden, N.J.), Mackey Feb. (Houston, Texas) and (St. Clair Shores, Mich.). 6 AMERICAN* (CBS C) 2:00 p.m. McKnight Kevin McCarthy 9 at Navy* 7:00 p.m. 12 at Army* 4:00 p.m. 16 COLGATE* 7:00 p.m. TONIGHT’S PROJECTED LEHIGH STARTERS 20 LAFAYETTE* 2:00 p.m. No. Pos. Cl. Name PPG RPG Note 23 at Bucknell* 7:00 p.m. 3 G So. C.J. McCollum 19.1 5.0 1st in nation in ppg among frosh 26 at Holy Cross* 4:00 p.m. 5 G Sr. Prentice Small 1.6 1.3 ast. Played in 31 games Mar. Patriot League Tournament (Campus Sites) 23 G Sr. Michael Ojo 6.8 3.3 Career-high 22 points at Colgate 3 Quarterfinals TBA 40 C Sr. David Safstrom 0.5 1.1 Saw action in 15 games 7 Semifinals TBA 42 F So. Gabe Knutson 9.5 5.6 PL All-Rookie Team 12 Championship TBA *Patriot League Game, Home games in Bold CAPS All times Eastern and subject to change Lehigh Returning Letterwinners CBSC=CBS College Sports Telecast 4 F Jr. John Adams 2.8 2.0 Two starts last season 15 G Sr. Rob Keefer 3.6 0.8 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Candidate 20 F So. Holden Greiner 3.1 1.8 29 games, one start in 2009-10 MEDIA INFORMATION 31 F/C Jr. Justin Maneri 2.4 1.6 Shot .652 from the field last year 44 F Jr. Jordan Hamilton 1.6 0.7 Saw action in 15 games Men’s Basketball Contact . Justin Lafleur *Statistics are from 2009-10 Office. (610) 758-6631 Cell. (610) 577-5222 Fax . (610) 758-4407 LEHIGH HEAD COACH BRETT REED E-mail. [email protected] Brett Reed is in his fourth season as the Murray H. Goodman ’48 Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mailing Address at Lehigh University. In three years on the sideline Reed has the most victories by a Lehigh head . .641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015 coach in his first three seasons, and he has won over 73 percent of his games at Stabler Arena, Press Row Phone. (610) 758-4903/4933 which is second best on the Lehigh leader board. In 2009-10, Reed led Lehigh to its second Patriot Website. Lehighsports.com League Tournament championship, its first outright regular season league title in school annals, the most wins in school history and the most wins at Stabler Arena in its history. The Mountain Game Coverage Hawks also led the Patriot League in scoring offense, scoring margin, three-point percentage, Radio/Internet: ESPN Radio 1230 and 1320 assist/turnover ratio and defensive rebounds. Their 220 made three-pointers also established and Lehighsports.com with Matt Kerr a new school record. Patriot League Champions IF LEHIGH WINS... 2004, 2010 - Lehigh would snap an eight-game losing streak against Penn State and beat the Nittany NCAA Tournament Lions for the first time since the 1987-88 season. 1985, 1988, 2004, 2010 -Would win its season opener for only the second time in the past eight seasons. Lehigh Athletic Media Relations • 641 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA • Phone 610-758-3174 • Fax 610-758-4407 2010-11 LEHIGH MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 1: LEHIGH AT PENN STATE • PAGE 2 MCCOLLUM NAMED PRESEASON PL POY, MOUNTAIN HAWKS PICKED FIFTH TONIGHT’S GAME C.J. McCollum was named Patriot League Preseason Player of the Year and the Mountain Hawks were picked fifth in the annual preseason poll, as at the league’s media day held in Lehigh and Penn State meet for the 41st late October. McCollum and fourth-year head coach Brett Reed were joined by the league’s time with the Nittany Lions leading seven other coaches to kick off the 2010-11 season. the all-time series, 29-11. The Mountain Hawks are looking to snap an eight-game McCollum is joined on the preseason All-Patriot League team by Andrew Keister, (Holy losing streak against Penn State with Cross), Jared Mintz, (Lafayette), Vlad Moldoveanu (American), Mike Muscala (Bucknell) their last win coming during the 1987-88 and Jordan Sugars (Navy). Six were named to the preseason all-league team due to a tie season. The two teams last met in 2007, an in voting. 81-68 Nittany Lion victory. Also released was the preseason poll voted on by league coaches and Sports Information THE LAST TIME THEY MET Directors, in which Lehigh came in fifth. An extremely tight poll saw the Mountain Hawks UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (12/31/07) - In only one point out of fourth, four out of third, seven out of second and 10 out of first. The a game that featured five ties and ten Mountain Hawks also received two first-place votes; it marks the first time in league his- lead changes, Penn State ran its record tory that more than four teams have received first-place votes and the first time that more to 8-0 at home with a hard-fought 81-68 than three teams have earned multiple first-place votes. Preseason favorite American also victory over visiting Lehigh inside Bryce garnered the fewest points of any preseason No. 1 in league history. The gap between one Jordan Center. The setback snapped the and five is the closest in the history of this poll as well. Mountain Hawks’ three-game winning streak, while Penn State improves to 8-4 with the victory. Sophomore Marquis TRIO NAMED CAPTAINS Hall led Lehigh with 19 points, including Seniors Rob Keefer and Michael Ojo along with sophomore C.J. McCollum have been five three pointers, while classmate Zahir named Lehigh men’s basketball captains, as announced by head coach Brett Reed. Carrington added 15 points. Keefer has enjoyed a strong career since day one, beginning with a Patriot League Rookie LAST TIME OUT of the Year season in 2007-08. He averaged 7.8 points per game, then improved to 8.8 as a sophomore. Last year, he was a key contributor and steadying veteran influence during the OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (3/19/10) - team’s championship run. Lehigh’s sixth-man last season, Lehigh saw its 2009-10 season come to an end, but not before the Mountain Hawks Ojo saw significant minutes off the bench while averaging 6.8 points per game. One of his gave No. 1 Kansas all it could handle in highlight performances came at Colgate, scoring a career-high 22 points to help lead the the first round of the NCAA Tournament Mountain Hawks to a crucial late-season victory. at Ford Center. Lehigh trailed the num- ber-one overall seed Jayhawks by only six The Mountain Hawks’ third captain is McCollum, who is coming off a historic freshman points with 13 minutes to play, but KU season. He became the first men’s basketball player in Patriot League history to win both eventually outlasted the Brown and White Player and Rookie of the Year. He was also the nation’s leading scorer among freshmen, and came away with a 90-74 victory. C.J. averaging 19.1 points per game. McCollum showed America why he is the nation’s number-one scoring fresh- man as he scored a game-high 26 points, KEEFER HAS CLASS while seniors Zahir Carrington (17) and Rob Keefer has been named a candidate for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award, as announced Marquis Hall (10) closed out their careers on Wednesday.